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First look at the Nailz Craze stamping plate

I've been working on a nail stamping plate with my own original designs. I am really into stamping and was looking to create something new and unique, something that you don't see in every nail stamping set there is out there, so I came up with the idea of the butterfly wings - which is a gorgeous design but very difficult to make ever for those who are truly talented with freehand drawing.

That's how the first Nailz Craze stamping plate was born.

This plate is all about nature and really focuses on the butterfly wings design. I thought it would be a good idea to include an option for both directions and for small and large nails. That's the reason you will find four wings designs on this plate, along with some other new and original designs you probably didn't see much on stamping plates, which are the peacock feather and the dandelion. The rest of the designs are more common but still are very lovely. They include heart shaped patterns in different variations. Actually when I created them I felt they are a part of the nature theme because the heart shape is coming from the center of the peacock feather, and the tiny hears combined together create little flowers.

Of course the first pattern I wanted to swatch for you was the butterfly wings. I think that was the pattern that most ladies were excited about :) And so was I!

Here are some photos of the butterfly wings nail stamp I did yesterday, right after I received the stamping plates. First I've created an orange gradient over the nails and then I applied the wings stamp (used WnW black creme for the stamp). Then I've added tiny white dots with a dotting tool and there you go - you've got yourself a gorgeous butterfly wing nails design with minimum effort.

I really love the result and it was quite easy, of course much easier than that time when I tried making this design by freehand.

The peacock feather design is also one of my favorites, I really love the fact that you can play with it and create different designs because it's a long stamp. For instance, you can apply it on long nails, or you can split the design in two and place on each nail a different part of the feather.

I haven't done a full mani with this stamp yet bet I will defiantly do that soon and post all about it.

Actually my nails are quite short at the moment (well I wasn't expecting the plates to arrive so fast and I thought I had some time to let them grow) so you can't really see most of the feather design on the nail, but on longer nails that should be gorgeous.

For the feather stamp I also used WnW black creme over mocha gold Skin Food nail polish.

This is the full Nailz Craze NC01 stamping plate. As you can see it's a larger plate and it's size is 7 cm in diameter. It was important to me that the designs will be large enough to cover even long nails, so I needed a bit more room for them all.

The top wings are smaller and should fit short nails. That's actually what I used on my nails from the pictures above. The upper wings are 1.6x1.5 cm which was great for my short nails - they are currently 1.5 cm long and the wing stamp covered them just right. For the long nails I've made the stamp a bit larger and it's 2x1.6 cm.

The peacock feather stamp is quite long - it's 3.5x1.5 cm. Since it's such a long stamp, you probably would not get the full design on one nail unless you have super long nails and a super-duper-huge-jumbo-XL stamper :P just kidding, most chances there is no such stamper, but maybe someone will be creative and create something like that. What I like about the feather is that you can choose what part you like the most and use it, or place the feather on two or even three nails in parts, so the result will be one long gorgeous feather.

The middle flowers / hearts pattern is also large (2x1.6 cm) and can easily cover long nails.

The hearts row on the left is 1.7 cm long, the hearts flower on the top right is 0.8x0.8 cm, and the dandelion on the bottom right is 1.7x1 cm long.

Nailz Craze stamping plate NC01

Since these designs are pretty large, I would defiantly recommencement using a larger rubber stamper to get the best results. You can see the comparison of a regular small stamper on the right (can be found on ebay for $1 with a plastic scraper) and the black XL stamper on the left. I actually got it as a gift so I don't know where you can buy one like this, but if someone knows - please share it with me and I will gladly post the info here so my readers can get this stamper for themselves.
This is actually super great stamper. It's surface is larger and it feels a bit sticky, which I think helps to get a better image from the plate on to the nail. I think it's a silicone stamper but I'm not sure.On the other side of the XL stamper there is a small red rubber stamper.

I'm hoping to post more swatches of my plate in the next few days. I know that many of you liked the dandelion design as well so I'll try to swatch it soon.
If you are wandering where you can get this plate, please visit Nailz Craze facebook page and read the Purchasing and FAQ note. There you can find all the information about buying my Nailz Craze stamping plate. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

For now it's the only plate I have for sale but I believe that I will be coming up with more new designs in the future. Feel free to suggest anything you would like to see on the next stamping plates.
Tomorrow I will be sending out the first orders I've received from anxious stampers :) Really excited about it!
I know this post was super long, so those of you who read it all - I really appreciate it. It took a while :)

I would be happy know what you think about my designs and the stamping plate. Please don't be shy and leave your comment below :)

I love, love, love this plate!!! Your nails look so awesome and amazing!!!! I just can't wait to get my nails to look like yours... You are truly giving me some help. I would never have been able to create this look and I have loved it for so long.. Thank you!!! I hope you will come up with more plates.. If so I am so going to order from you!!!

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Your plate is absolutely great! I really admire bloggers like you who have come up with stamping plates. Your designs are original and that is what makes your plate unique. I will follow your blog and I will recommend your plate on my blog ;)